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This book is dedicated to you who are about to embark upon this
journey of discovering and learning.
Questo libro Ă¨ dedicato a te che stai per imbarcarti in questo viaggio
di scoperta e apprendimento.

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Contents

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Stop! Read This First!
Thank You for Deciding to Speak English Magically!
How to Use This Course
Positive Affirmations
I Speak English Very Well
Reaching the Hotel in Los Angeles
Breakfast and Excursion to Phoenix
The Energy Vortexes in Sedona
Flying over the Grand Canyon
Shopping in Las Vegas
At a Restaurant in Mammoth Lakes
Visiting Yosemite Park
A San Francisco Family
A Day in Santa Monica
Congratulations!
The Science Behind Speak English Magically!
Thank You!
Appendixâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;My Travel Notes
Bibliography
About the Author
Keep on Reading in English

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Stop! Read This First!
To get the most out of this course, you need the related audio
files. To download them for free, go to
http://www.awakenyourenglish.com/sembonus.html and type
the password, which is at the top of page 111.

Warning: DO NOT listen to the audio files while driving or doing
anything that requires your full attention, as they are designed to
lead you into a state of relaxed alertness that speeds up the
learning process.

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Thank You
for Deciding to
Speak English Magically!
What if you could learn English and have fun at the same time?
While reading (or listening to) the above question, you might
have even imagined yourself laughing and smiling while learning
English. Whether you have done so or not, keep on reading (or
listening) and get ready to get on board with this special course,
created with you in mind.

You may have bought this course because you really want to
learn English, or maybe because you just want to experiment
with this new approach, or just because you want to Speak
English Magically!
Whatever the reason, keep in mind that you will be the main
character of this course, and you will see how.
Let’s talk a little about how people normally try to learn a
language. Some might have had previous experiences in
language learning. Maybe they tried with grammar-based
approaches, and what happened? They had to think about every
single word before speaking. In other words, they couldn’t speak
the foreign language. Others might have tried to learn long lists
of vocabulary words and drill their meanings:

house, casa, house, casa, house, casa, house,
casa, house, casa, house, casa, house, casa
Forget about these methods! You can learn English and have
fun!
Many people pay a lot of money to go to English schools in
English-speaking countries and take intensive English courses—
six hours a day for a month.

But you know what? In the end they simply cannot speak! Why?
Maybe because they didn’t give pauses to their right brain to
process all the information. Or maybe because they just learned
a lot of grammar but didn’t learn how to speak.
To elaborate a bit: grammar is important to perfect the language
once you already speak it. After all, if you remember how you
learned your mother tongue, you’ll soon realize that you did it by
immersing yourself in something you were really interested in:
your life. Yes, because you were immersed in the language, you
started understanding what was being said to you. Then you
started speaking, and in the end, you worked on grammar when
you went to school.
You may be saying, “So what, Antonio?”
Well, over the years I have been reminding myself and my Italian
students (I teach Italian to foreigners)—especially the ones who
tell me that they have begun to understand the language but are
unable to speak it yet—that grammar has to come later in the
process. And that if they stick with what they have been doing, if
they keep on being immersed in interesting content in the
foreign language, they can—and you can—move on with the
process toward fluency in the language.

Of course, there are ways to accelerate the process, and I am
convinced of the fact that adults can learn faster than children if
they just let go of their fear of making mistakes and stick with a
method that involves all of their brain.

Neuroscientists have discovered that we need to give pauses to
the brain in order to offer time to the unconscious mind to cope
with the information. They also agree that the unconscious mind
is the one in charge of automatic responses. Let’s take an
example. Do you remember the first time you drove a car? Was it
frustrating? You had to think about all the movements you had
to make, and it may have seemed overwhelming. And now? Can
you talk to someone while driving? Do you think at all about the
fact that you are driving while you are behind the wheel?
You will speak English automatically too, by consistently
immersing in relevant content for at least twenty minutes a day.
You might be saying, “Come on, Antonio…it seems too easy to be
true!”
Some time ago, I came across Mary Loverde’s website, and I read
an article with fervid interest. Mrs. Loverde wrote about a
woman who hated to exercise. She asked her if she could simply
get dressed to exercise three times a week.

Let me repeat: she didn’t ask her to exercise at all, she only asked
her to get dressed as if she was going to exercise. Even though
the woman was somewhat unwilling to do so—she figured it
wasn’t worth it—in the end she promised to do it. The next
week, Mrs. Loverde asked the woman if she had done it, and was
prepared to ask her to add just one minute of walking—but the
woman interrupted her and told her that she had actually walked
thirty minutes per day for three days and had actually enjoyed it!
This is the power of micro-actions!
Did you know that if you just spend ten minutes a day with
English, in a month you will have spent a total of five hours
learning the language? And if you do so for a whole year, you will
have spent at least sixty hours learning English.
Now, I am just going to ask you to write down with a pen on a
piece of paper the following sentence:
I can speak English very well.

Just copy it and put it in a place where you will see it every day.
Stop reading and do it now! Go on reading only after writing the
above sentence! You took that micro-action that will help you
start and learn English now.

Speak English Magically! was inspired by the accelerated and
whole-brain learning methods developed by Dr. Georgi Lozanov.
It also keeps in mind the research of Steven Krashen and James
Asher. If you want to know more about them, read â&#x20AC;&#x153;The science
behind Speak English Magically!â&#x20AC;? (page 228).

Speak English Magically! will help you tap into the vast potential
of your unconscious mind by using the power of vivid
visualization. You are reawakening the genius inside you, the
same one that learned your native language long before you ever
went to school. Be curious about the language, the same way
you were as a child! Play with the language instead of studying it.
Your other-than-conscious mind reacts better to play than study.

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How to Use This Course
In each of the ten lessons in this book, you will be guided into a
relaxing experience. The very first thing you should do is to
decide to use this course for at least ten minutes a day.

Stop now! Really commit to using the course for at least ten
minutes a day. If possible, share your decision with your closest
friends or family members. This will reinforce the commitment.
Why at least ten minutes…or even just ten minutes a day?
Research has shown that your brain works best in layers, and if
you review the same lesson in different ways, as explained
below, your brain will have the opportunity to ponder on the
subject and you will remember words, expressions, and skills
much better.

The second thing to do is to write down the reasons why you
want to be able to speak English very well. What’s in it for you
to speak English very well?
Put these notes in a place where you will see them very often. Do
it now! Then carefully read the suggested steps below, and for
best results, apply one or two a day for each lesson.

Steps for Each Episode
1. Find a comfortable place in a relaxing environment, such as an
easy chair or on a bed. Imagine you are a child again and you are
about to have fun while discovering your own language—
English. Listen to the audio while enjoying the experience, and
use your imagination to follow the images and feelings from the
recordings.

2. Listen to the audio again as you read the text from the book.
Get involved! Highlight each new word, underline and circle the
book with colored pens and markers (if you have the paperback
version). Scribble the drawings in the mind maps®.1 Draw your
own! It’s fun! This book is yours to draw in—do it and enjoy it. All
of this helps activate your right brain.
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Mind maps were invented by Tony Buzan. If you want to know more
about them, read Buzan T., Buzan B. (1997).

3. After that, you will feel comfortable listening to the Englishonly version of the lesson, and you will feel proud as you
understand everything.

4. Playfully answer the questions presented at the end of each
lesson.

5. Speak in chorus with the English-only version of the lesson.
Get synchronized with the English voice and speak with it. This
will be a little challenging, but it will be fun as well, and it will
really help your brain understand that you really want to speak
English very well.

6. Look at the mind map® and review the lesson while looking at
it. Jot down words you easily remember on the mind map®
branches. Create your own mind map®. It’s fun and will help you
remember words.

7. Do you also want to improve your writing skills? There are two
options. Use play and pause to create your own dictation
exercise. Write down what you hear and then check how well
you are doing. Alternatively, copy down the English version of
the lesson in your own handwriting.

Additional Tips
* The first episode builds up your motivation, so consider
listening to it once a day for as many days as you wish.

* Be creative and find new and different ways to review the
lessons. And please let me know if you come up with a new
approach that works!
* After three deep breaths, close your eyes and affirm your
success! In the next paragraph, you will find some positive
affirmations in English. Write them down and pronounce them
enthusiastically. Look forward to your playtime with Speak
English Magically!
* In each lesson, you will find a section titled â&#x20AC;&#x153;Travel notes.â&#x20AC;? In
this section, you will write your own notes, thoughts, and
associations, preferably in English. Reflecting on each place you
will travel to in this course will stimulate you to more quickly
acquire English and master it! You can keep the notes for
yourself, or you may choose to post the text to a website like
lang-8.com and have it corrected by native speakers. If you like,
after writing your own travel notes, you can go and read mine in
the appendix.

I enjoy being immersed in the English language!
Me la godo ad essere immerso nella lingua inglese!
I understand more and more in English!
Capisco sempre di più in inglese!
I can speak English fluently!
Posso parlare l’inglese fluentemente!

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Positive Affirmations

I love speaking English!
Amo parlare lâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;inglese!

I have fun speaking English!
Mi diverto a parlare lâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;inglese!

It is really a wonderful way to relax! È davvero un modo
meraviglioso per rilassarti! What do you see when you are in
that place? Cosa vedi quando sei in questo posto? How do you
imagine it in your mind? Come te lo immagini nella tua mente?

That’s right, va bene così. And what do you hear when you are
in this place? E cosa senti quando sei in questo posto? Maybe
there are some particular sounds, forse ci sono dei suoni
particolari,or you may hear some voices, o potresti sentire delle
voci. Are these sounds and these voices near or far? Questi
suoni e queste voci sono vicini o lontani? And how much do they
let you relax? E quanto ti fanno rilassare? A lot?
Molto?

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That’s right, va bene così. And what feelings do you feel when
you are in this very personal place of yours to relax? E quali
sensazioni provi quando sei in questo tuo personalissimo posto
per rilassarti? Your body is relaxed, isn’t it? Il tuo corpo è
rilassato, vero?

That’s right, va bene così. And as you are in this place, e mentre
sei in questo posto, in this moment, in questo momento, if you
want to, se lo vuoi, you can close your eyes, puoi chiudere gli
occhi, if you haven’t done so already, se non lo hai già fatto. And
as soon as you do it, e appena lo fai, you can turn your attention
to the way you are breathing, puoi portare la tua attenzione al
modo in cui stai respirando. And as you breathe more and more
comfortably, e mentre respiri sempre più dolcemente, you can
simply notice the beating of your heart, puoi semplicemente
notare il battito del tuo cuore, which you can easily hear, che
senti facilmente. And you notice how at every breath, e noti
come ad ogni respiro, you can relax even more deeply and more
pleasantly, puoi rilassarti ancora più profondamente e
piacevolmente.

And now imagine you are a person who has already spoken
English for a long time, e ora immagina di essere una persona
che parla l’inglese molto bene già da un sacco di tempo—a
person who is able to read, una persona che è in grado di
leggere, converse, conversare, and let himself or herself be
understood in English, e farsi capire in inglese. How can you
describe yourself? Come puoi descriverti? How do you feel as a
person already able to speak English very well and for a long
time? Come ti senti ad essere una persona già in grado di parlare
l’inglese da molto tempo? You have a minute of time to answer,
hai un minuto di tempo per rispondere, and feel the sensations
you feel when you are a person who has already spoken English
very well for a long time, e provare le sensazioni che provi

In a while, tra poco, but not yet, ma non ancora, I will count
from one to ten, conterò da uno a dieci, as you get ready to go
back to where you have started, mentre ti prepari a ritornare
dove hai cominciato. When you hear the number ten, quando
sentirai il numero dieci, you will feel happy and in harmony with
yourself and life, ti sentirai felice e in armonia con te stesso [con
te stessa] e la vita. You will feel this way every time you speak
English, ti sentirai così ogni volta che parlerai l’inglese. At every
number, ad ogni numero, I will pronounce a positive affirmation
that will help you speak English better and better, pronuncerò
un’affermazione positiva che ti aiuterà a parlare l’inglese sempre
meglio. You can say it along with me, puoi dirla insieme a me. I
am counting now, conto adesso. One, uno: when I speak English

I Speak English Very Well
Episode One – English Only
Are you ready to relax and acquire English now? If your answer
is yes, imagine that I am just right there and I ask you: “Can you
let your mind remind you of a place, a moment of your life where
you felt so pleasantly relaxed that you wouldn’t move for
anything in the world?”

Think about it for a moment. What’s your place? What’s your
special moment?

It is really a wonderful way to relax! What do you see when you
are in that place? How do you imagine it in your mind?

That’s right. And what do you hear when you are in this place?
Maybe there are some particular sounds, or you may hear some
voices. Are these sounds and these voices near or far? And how
much do they let you relax? A lot?

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That’s right. And what feelings do you feel when you are in this
very personal place of yours to relax? Your body is relaxed, isn’t
it?

That’s right. And as you are in this place, in this moment, if you
want to, you can close your eyes, if you haven’t done so already.
And as soon as you do it, you can turn your attention to the way
you are breathing. And as you breathe more and more
comfortably, you can simply notice the beating of your heart,
which you can easily hear. And you notice how at every breath,
you can relax even more deeply and more pleasantly.

Go on like that, breathing pleasantly and comfortably, until you
reach your ideal state of relaxation—a state that allows you to
listen to the sound of my voice guiding you to think about some
pleasant experiences of your past.

For example, you can allow your imagination to help you recall a
pleasant learning experience, a time when you learned
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recently or very long ago, by yourself or with others. Bring the
setting to your mind.

What do you see?
What do you hear?
What do you feel?
What special qualities does this experience have? Curiosity? Joy?
Confidence? Allow yourself to reexperience those qualities. Let
them fill you.

And now imagine you are a person who has already spoken
English for a long timeâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a person who is able to read, converse,
and let himself or herself be understood in English. How can you
describe yourself? How do you feel as a person already able to
speak English very well and for a long time? You have a minute
of time to answer and feel the sensations you feel when you are
a person who has already spoken English for a long time.

Now some English-speaking friends of yours are approaching.
They are so nice; you really love seeing them again. Notice the
look of your friends as you are talking to them. They are happy

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and they have fun talking to you in English; you have fun too, and
you feel proud of yourself for being able to speak English so well.
Because you speak English very well and you can repeat it
mentally: I speak English better and better…day after day.

Your friends have some gifts for you. One is a gift that will help
you make a dream come true: a ticket to travel around the
United States in some wonderful places on the West Coast.
Everything has already been paid for, and you just have to
gratefully accept it.

The other gift is a box decorated with the colors of the rainbow—
red…orange…yellow…green…dark blue…indigo…purple. You
thank your friends, and you take it in your hands. You look at it,
you shake it, and you feel its pleasant weight in your hands.

This box contains all the positive qualities of your special learning
experience. It contains joy, curiosity, confidence, and every other
positive thing you want to put in it. You can imagine taking out
this box every time you want to feel joy, curiosity, and
confidence—and every time you want to speak English.

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In a while, but not yet, I will count from one to ten, as you get
ready to go back to where you have started. When you hear the
number ten, you will feel happy and in harmony with yourself
and life. You will feel this way every time you speak English. At
every number, I will pronounce a positive affirmation that will
help you speak English better and better. You can say it along
with me. I am counting now. One: when I speak English I am selfconfident! Two: when I speak English I feel joy! Three: day after
day I speak English better and better! Four: I understand more
and more English! Five: when you hear the number ten, you will
feel happy and in harmony with yourself and life. Six: I love
speaking English! Seven: speaking English is my birthright! Eight:
I have fun speaking English! Nine: speaking English gets easier
and easier! And ten, open your eyes if you havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t already.
Welcome back! You are happy and in harmony with yourself
and life. And every time you listen to or read this paragraph
again, you will feel more and more at ease with the English
language. So feel free to read and listen to it again and again any
time you want.

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Episode One
Your Travel Notes
Take a pen and a piece of paper or a notebook and
devote a few minutes of your time to write some
reflections about what this episode of the course
stimulates in you. Just put your pen onto the paper
and start writing: words, sentences, any free
association, drawings, mind maps, anything that
comes to your mind.